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So this was an AMV i made in 4-5 hours, for WeeklyAMVContest, two days after the clips were released.
Now, despite having been made in such a short time, I feel like this is still a complete AMV. Sure, it's not even 2 minutes, but I find long AMVs weird :/
To anyone who can understand the lyrics, there's very clear lyric sync consistently throughout the whole AMV. But what's different about this and a lot of other lyric sync-heavy rap AMVs is that I more or less still show you the original sequence of how the anime unfolds, rather than choosing scenes from any part of the movie's sequence just to forcefully match them with the music's lyrics. My lyric syncing is always phenomenal, if I must say (check my Mob Psycho AMV "run..." for proof).
Naturally, though, I'm not being toooo strict in following the anime's original sequence, and in the "chorus"-ish parts (you know with all the DJ scratching etc) I mash up various scenes without regard for where in the movie they're from. This is just because the music at that point gives me the "mash-up" kind of sound, but I also need to increase the pace while also choosing high intensity scenes, so can't rely on still following the movie's order there.
But then when I indeed am trying to show a sequence of events going on, I'm not being lazy and just dropping in scenes from the order of the anime either. At 1:23, Tetsuo has a shocked face and turns around and this goes really well with the lyrics (and scenes) that come next. But before this, I had to show his face actually turn surprised, which I did at 1:21. But that scene of him getting shocked is actually from later on in the anime than from when he turns his head and sees those soldiers shoot at him. And if that wasn't enough, the scene of the camera zooming in on Kaneda was from waaaaay later in the movie. There is a similar shot of Kaneda right at that point of the scene (after tetsuo gets shocked) but my sense of cinematography dictated I choose the one where the camera zooms in (it really enhances the idea that what Tetsuo saw was shocking and so he had to focus his sight on it and then once he's focused and thought about it, he then turns his head to the next appearing threat...)
Okay there's more I wanna say but I can't be bothered anymore but you get the point...my 4 hour vid is the best Akira amv of all time. Peace.
edit: oh yeah also in the anime I can never tell right off the bat whether the main character is Tetsuo or Kaneda. All the posters show Kaneda, but let's be real Tetsuo is like the icon of the movie. This is one of the features of the movie that made it so great. But yes, I wanted to carry over this feature into the AMV, that's why the first scene is Kaneda doing his thing, then third is Tetsuo doing his thing (if you go watch that part of the movie, it was Kaori in it too but I did some pro editing and made it a Tetsuo-only scene because I had to for this concept), then the 5th thing is a very rapid back and forth between them both turning their heads to initiate some action. But...since the movie does put greater importance on Kaneda at the start, I made it look as if there was this "exchange" of who'd start the AMV and Kaneda wins. Then the first piece of lip sync is from him, but the last piece of lip sync in the AMV is Tetsuo. Haters will say I am making this shit up now, but no legit this shit was all calculated and what I was thinking while editing. Don't doubt my IQ.
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Аниме: Akira
Музыка: Eric B. & Rakim - Juice (Know the Ledge)
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